Shaman King

Kouzoku Waga Herutsu

'Following My Heart'

Romance/Humour

Rated T

Pairings: Yoh+Anna, Ren+Pirika, Lyserg+Jeanne, HoroHoro+Tamao, Ryu+Jun, Faust+Eliza

Summary: Manta has tickets to a five star hotel in Hokkaido and has invited everyone. It was intended to be a nice relaxing trip where you could just chill out…but you and me both know that's impossible when the boys are hormonal teenagers and the girls are just not having any of it. Yoh's shy, Anna's stiff. Ren's prideful, Pirika's stubborn. HoroHoro's clueless, Tamao is confused. Ryu is flirtatious and Jun is thinking. What on earth is going to ensue when the 'ones not caught up in love' decided to do some stuff…coughcoughpushpeopletogethercoughcough Why you shouldn't get tickets to Hokkaido and be stuck with quarrelling teenagers who really need to sort out their fusses.

Cast

Yoh 15

Anna 15

Tamao 14

HoroHoro 15

Manta 15

Ren 14

Pirika 14

Ryu 20

Jun 19

Hao 15

Faust 36 O.O

Eliza 35

Chocolove 15

Lyserg 14

Jeanne 14

Marco (The Paedo is here for some reason…to get sneered at) 35

And all the random spirits…and Opacho…7

Ryoi 15

Jukio 14-15

This is a HoroHoro/Tamao Ren/Pirika Sorta Yoh/Anna chapter

Chapter Nine: Starting The Silly Fight And Odd Conversations Courtesy Of Blue And Pink

"You did not just do THAT? Oh my days…I mean…FINALLY!"

Now, you're probably wondering, where that line, courtesy of Hao, actually derived from. Well, you may want to know it has to do with our endless stomach wonder HoroHoro and our shy little girl Tamao. In a brief outline, if correctly remembered, there was a dance coming up, and Tamao had still not answered HoroHoro's question. Not that anyone, especially a nervous Tamao and HoroHoro, had forgotten. It was just a simple case of waiting until things between Ren and Pirika had calmed, which they had, in a fantastic outcome.

The outcome being Anna returned to being the top 'don't-mess-with-me' person and Pirika became a ray of sunshine again. An after affect was though…Ren did nothing to upset her, almost as if…he was intending not to do anything. There was also the question if those two would go together, but that would be sorted out after Tamao and HoroHoro had done their business.

We must not also ignore the upcoming fight between Ryoi and Yoh, which Hao was thrown into by Anna. All because Ren, whose problems had been cleared by Anna, Yoh and Hao mainly…and his conscience and charming acts, had said Ryoi was courting Anna, and knowing the simple-mindedness of Asakura Yoh, he was bound to take it seriously and…unfortunately for poor Anna, he did.

Hao was only involved because he had been acting like a child and sometimes you wonder how that is possible when you are one thousand and fifteen, right? So, that would start pretty soon also, but before all that, a few scenes transpired, mainly between the blue and pink haired teenagers.

"Right Ren-kun, is that a nice picture?" Pirika asked softly, shifting a crumpled piece of paper she had drawn and feverously worked on for an hour in front of the Tao. She was trying to draw a picture of Ren and herself hugging and was terribly embarrassed but wanted to know his reaction. She wanted to wallop him when he paled and winced as if his heart had been ripped out.

When his yellow eyes lost their gleam, a confused Pirika watched as he walked off in a sad huff you never see him in. She blinked and arched an eyebrow as Jukio strolled into the room, trying to place her hand bag in the 'cool' and 'hip' position.

She narrowed her eyes upon seeing Pirika, expecting a fight, but then they fully shot open when she saw the girl looking teary eyed and trembling. Debating for a moment, she nodded to herself and walked airily over to Pirika, whose tears were on the brink of tumbling out.

"What happened now?" She asked in the tenderest tone she could muster. Pirika's blue eyes locked with Jukio's eyes and for the first time Pirika noticed…Jukio had silver eyes. She was incredibly confused, as when they were arguing her eyes were definitely red…so what was this? "Are you ok?" She questioned again, her patience. Pirika, deciding to ignore it, shook her head and made sniffling noises.

"I showed Ren a picture of me and him hugging and he got all…depressed…" Jukio blinked in confusion as Pirika handed her the piece of paper. She took it slowly and studied it. In the seconds she studied it, she saw Jukio's eyes change to the colour amethyst and was sure she wasn't hallucinating.

Then, Jukio started laughing. Pirika scowled but Jukio rolled her eyes playfully, placing the paper down in front of a cheesed off female Ainu.

"Look at it." She commanded in a humoured tone. Wondering what there could possibly be there to laugh about, she glared at the paper, forehead creasing. She put her hand on the paper, putting it in her full view. Her nails dug into the paper in frustration and ripping her gaze away, she stared at Jukio quizzically.

Laughing again, she put her finger on the point she wanted Pirika view. Both her brows shot up and her teeth clenched. Sighing, Jukio tapped the part. "Baka…you drew your arms wrong…it looks like Ren is trying to hug you and you're pushing him away."

Pirika, gobsmacked, eyes as open as they could get, were glued to the paper, when realisation hit her like thunder. Stunned, she turned to look at a sympathetic Jukio. "It seems because you wanted Ren to really get the point you liked him you did the worst thing, you DIDN'T focus on your drawing," Pirika sighed and brought her hand to her forehead, "or either your drawing is as bad as your fashion sense." Oh, that pulled strings…

"AT LEAST I DON'T HIT ON EVERYTHING THAT PASSES ME BY!" Pirika exclaimed, towering over Jukio. Said persons eyes turned dark red.

"BAKA! I HIT ONLY ON BOYS!"

And the voices of Jukio and Pirika could be heard resounding and ricocheting off the walls of the resort. Oh well, these kind of truces never did last very long.

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Ryoi gulped as Yoh raised his Bokken, Amidamaru already in oversoul mode. He sweat dropped and scratched the back of his head, grinning meekly at Yoh. Hao just stood there, arms crossed, eyes closed and a smug look on his face, but everyone could see his was sweating.

He nearly jumped out of his skin upon a hand making contact with his shoulder. Hesitantly, he whirled around to find Anna there, eyebrow arched in her famously chilling way and her cold mask in place.

"What's with you? You look awfully calm for someone going up against Yoh."

"Huh? Oh come of it Anna! Older brothers always win!"

"So, does that not count for the final fight of the shaman tournament?"

"……………………….The law for older brothers always winning was instated after that 'shouldn't have occurred' event."

"Uh huh, well good luck." Hao shivered as Anna nodded and walked off to join Tamao and Jun. Whether he shivered from the sarcasm and scariness in her tone or the fact that when it came down to getting Anna…Yoh would kick his and Ryoi's arse. He too grinned meekly at his brother, remembering the line 'I'll murder them if only for your smile.' He sweat dropped, wondering if he could convince Yoh that eliminating his 'rivals' was not the only way to make his fiancé smile for him.

"Right, ok, calm…Ritsuuen," Ryoi sighed, a figure materialising by his side, "it's time. Ritsuuen! Ghost ball mode! Into the Bokken!" The transparent figure of his guardian ghost Ritsuuen, nodded and transformed, turning into a blue ball. The ball dived onto the wooden sword and it lit up with blue furyoku.

Ritsuuen was a wolf. He was known as the son of the great blue wolf Katako, and had the ability to speak in the human language. Anna was impressed Ryoi had a spirit to match the spirit of fire and Amidamaru.

"Ok now, lets get this party started!" He exclaimed, his Bokken lapping with blue furyoku. Yoh nodded, a stern look on his face and charged at Ryoi, whom at the same time rushed towards Yoh, while Hao, realising Yoh was more intent on beating Ryoi up, simply shrugged and sat down, stretching his limbs lazily.

"ShinkuuBuddaGiri!" (Other wise known in the dub as 'celestial slash.')

"Toku!" (Otherwise known as 'shield.')

A red shield taking on the appearance of a bubble formed over Ryoi, and though the red crescent shaped attack of Yoh's hit Ryoi, it simply blasted the bubble, not inflicting any damage. Yoh gasped, unable to react against Ryoi's next and swiftly paced attack. "Aisu Purizumu!" (Ice Prism) The sword lit up blue and he immediately thrust it in Yoh's direction.

His sword was covered with blue and as Yoh dodged it scraped his shoulder, causing blood to spill, Anna close her eyes and shake and Hao gape. The after affects of the attack sunk in as Yoh felt his whole arm freeze up and numb. Smirking to himself, Ryoi jumped into the air, preparing to unleash the rest of his attack. "Release!" He swung the Bokken in the air and soon a giant icicle was speeding down at Yoh.

The Asakura, wincing as he tried to move both arms, noticed the icicle speeding towards him. He raised his wooden sword up as the icicle neared.

"Amidamaru shield!" Two red shields covered him and the icicle broke upon impact, but sent Yoh flying back, but not before gritting his teeth, he raised the Bokken. "ShinkuuBuddaGiri!" And thrust it down, sending the red crescent shaped attack towards Ryoi. They all knew Ryoi could not escape in time and Anna looked down, before she heard…

"Double speed!" She looked back up, eyes widening to see Ryoi dodge out of harms way like a whirlwind, but not before it skimmed his own shoulder, the opposite one to Yoh's numbed one.

When the dust from the attack subsided, Yoh was on the ground, Bokken on the floor, one eye closed, covered with dirt and shoulder turning blue, while Ryoi was supporting himself by sitting on one knee and clutching his shoulder, one eye also closed. A lot more blood was running from Ryoi's shoulder than Yoh's. His Bokken was on the ground beside him. Both now picked up their weapons, ready to resume, when Anna came rushing into the fray, an astonished expression on her face.

"No more fighting you baka's!" She said in an exasperated tone, "This is meant to be a relaxing HOLIDAY trip. No fighting of this order was intended."

"But he courted you!" Yoh yelled accusingly, forgetting about his pain. Ryoi blinked and groaning shook his head in disbelief, much in the same way as Anna did.

"Baka! He didn't!"

"Ah! But then…then…REN!"

"He's not here." Lyserg spoke up, smiling sweetly at Jeanne who was clinging to his arm, who was still scared by the blood dripping from the opponent's shoulders.

"Where then?"

"Off sulking!" Hao chirped, making everyone glance at him. He felt suddenly extremely nervous upon seeing Anna, Yoh and Ryoi stared so intently and…intrigued at him. He grinned sheepishly, giving the three an 'I'm-not-daunted' look. "Whatever is the matter?"

"If we are correct Hao," Anna said coolly, "you were meant to partake in this childish feud."

"Re…really?" Hao stated in false doubt, betrayed by the fear shaking in his eyes when the three smirked evilly. Yeah, Yoh smirking evilly, ah ha…the end of the world was coming…for him at least.

"Double speed!" In a flash, Ryoi was behind him, holding him by the arms, while Hao was going mental. Yoh and Anna exchanged glances and their smirks widened. Yoh walked over to him, patting him on the shoulder and mouthing 'if you thought Anna's beatings were bad when she wasn't on her period' and walked off to join the others; of which half could not contain there laughter for what they knew would happen.

Anna, cracking her knuckles together, walked up to Hao, pausing in front of him and thinking with a frown on her face, before her hand slashed across his left cheek.

"What the hell was that for?" He bellowed indignantly. The sharpness of her black eyes made him shudder, before she readied her other hand.

"That was for not helping Yoh and Ryoi when they were injured." A hand whipped across his right cheek. "That one was for trying to hit on me for ages." And then, both hands harshly connected with both already imprinted cheeks, much to poor Hao's misfortune. "And that was for being all cocky and for Ren. So I suggest you complain to him." Hao opened his mouth to say something as Ryoi let go of him and quickly moved, looking frantic, but was cut off my Anna's fist connecting with his chin and sending him spiralling through the roof. Everyone gawked in awe as Anna let out a long breath, then proceeding to call after the reincarnating shaman. "AND THAT WAS FOR ANYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT PLAN ON DOING!"

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HoroHoro gulped as his black eyes fell on Tamao, who a few feet away, unknowing of his silently admiring gaze on her, was fluffing the cushions. Anna was tending to Yoh's wound and Jun was tending to Ryoi's. Jukio and Manta were busy exchanging glances between a quiet and distant Ren and an upset Pirika.

"What happened?" He questioned out of the gloom. Jukio shot him a sideward glance, her eyes turning amethyst.

"Pirika's drawing skills."

"Eh?"

Jukio sighed and explained to Manta what had occurred and sighing also, he nodded his head. "So, what do we intend to do about this, as Pirika won't sort this one out on her own."

"You mean you Manta; you can't possibly expect me to be bothered to help Pirika, right?"

"Aw c'mon Jukio, please, Pirika is my friend!" Manta pleaded. Manta involuntarily shook as Jukio fixed a gaze on him, her eyes turning…amber. Manta blinked upon seeing her change in eye colour. Then she smiled an odd warm smile that made his heart beat faster which she was surprised at too. She had absentmindedly smiled a smile that had never graced her features before at him and wasn't sure why.

"You really do…care for your friends, don't you Manta." She whispered in a hushed and gentle tone, earning a blush from the latter. He'd ask about all this eye colour changing business later. "I agree, but because only because you…well asked me so nice…ahImeanbeggedme!" She corrected swiftly, faintly blushing but cursing under her breath for doing so. It was a good thing Manta didn't catch her blush. And what puzzled her to no end was that she had never blushed in her life and now finding Manta's gaze on her made her blush deepen, but finding she could not conceal it, she turned away from him.

"So, what do we…?"

"Well, we plot the plan right? Except it cannot not be near water." He flashed crimson upon realising that meant he and Jukio would spend a lot more time together than usual. The girl with red hair turned to him, her blush no longer present but her eyes still coloured amber.

"Well…ye…yeah." Manta stuttered, smiling shyly and blushing. Jukio laughed joyfully and reaching her feet patted him on the head, beginning to walk away. As she did, she stopped and turned to him, amber eyes sparkling, and appeared in deep thought. Then, her eyes closed and her lips curved up in a smile as she waved goodbye to him, swerving back around and walking off, leaving Manta gazing after her.

HoroHoro chuckled to himself upon seeing the event between Jukio and Manta. Everyone, except Jukio, knew Manta had developed quite a crush on her and after that, maybe it was even proved that the hitting on all men of sizes Jukio had feelings for him to. She must have had at the very least had a soft spot for him upon agreeing to help Pirika, because that was a darn miracle.

He returned his attention to Tamao, who, satisfied with her work on fluffing the cushions, stood proudly before turning her head…to see HoroHoro. She blushed. He blushed. Anna arched an eyebrow. Yoh blinked. Hao smirked.

"Ok, Anna! I've nicked your diary!" He yelled, running out of the room. Anna blinked and when it progressed to her brain that Hao had HER diary, in a steaming rage she rushed after him, to be followed by everyone else, except the gawking Tamao and HoroHoro.

"Uh…" he began nervously, rubbing his nose in a cute way. Tamao smiled weakly but he saw they way she began to fidget with her fingers. It was a week until the dance and he had been dying for an answer, but he could not just pin it on her now, or could he?

"Um…"

"Eh…"

"Ah…"

"Oh…"

"My God!" Hao uttered, slapping his hand against his face, "This dumb silence is going to bore me to death before lunch time…it must be ended!" He gazed thoughtfully at the clearly anxious in each other's presence expressions on the two, but then grinned coyly. "And it shall be! Right…now where is that voice projector..? Ah ha!"

HoroHoro and Tamao stood in silence, staring at each other but fearful of locking eyes. "THE DANCE!" A voice boomed, penetrating their quiet musings. Their heads immediately snapped up to find the source, but a very annoyed Anna had already caught up with him, seen what was going on, and make their departure as quiet as possible. HoroHoro felt himself sweating and knew in some sense Tamao was sweating too. But, why was one simple question so hard? It wasn't like he was going to say something like those three words…

(Hao was by a little ledge bit in the room) HoroHoro scratched his cheek and then subconsciously dragged his courage from the depths of his being.

'Man,' he inwardly sighed, 'if only I had Yoh's confidence, I mean 'I'll murder them if only for your smile' is pretty good isn't it?'

"Uh…um…Horo-kun?" Tamao asked gently, her voice wavering. Her tone snapped him from his thoughts and gulping he found his eyes directly looking at hers. She was biting her lower lip and struggling, but letting out a ragged breath, simply said; "Yes."

He blinked and scratched his head, cheek, chin and forehead tentatively, confusion adorning his features. What on earth did she mean by yes? He cocked his head to the side and then realisation of something he may have wanted to hear shocked him. Did she say yes for his invitation?

Tamao grumbled at the look of bewilderment on HoroHoro's face. Sure he was cute but Anna was right…he was dense. After all that courage and bravery she had brought up to answer his question he hadn't a clue what the yes was referring to. Her teeth clamped down onto her lower lip even harder when she noted something sparkled in his black eyes.

Though Tamao was confused. Anna had told her HoroHoro loved her. Was love just a strong word for fancy or infatuation, or was it actually that strong an emotion? She gulped, feeling heat flood her cheeks at the very thought. Though, her actions confused her the most. She had agreed to be his date for the dance, but did that imply to everyone, him and even herself if she loved him? Her body trembled slightly. She knew there was something, but had thought it only levelled the fading crush she had had on Yoh. Was she wrong? But did she love him? She didn't know, so she tried to make herself guess.

She pictured HoroHoro hugging a girl besides her and chest constricted in protest. She knew emotionally she didn't like that. Next, she formed an image of him kissing the girl on the cheek and whispering things in her ear sweetly, making her giggle. She suddenly felt very woozy and sick. And also, felt an urge she had never felt before…she wanted to wallop the imaginary girl in the face and knock her into a coma. Her blush intensified and for the first time, HoroHoro noticed this, causing himself to redden.

Then, she made herself imagine HoroHoro kissing the girl on the lips, but before their lips made contact, she vigorously shook her head and the picture vanished. She couldn't even stand that, so that did signify something right? She let out a long sigh, realising she was still not sure, but was certain she felt something for the male Ainu. So, with out another word, she hastily approached him, making him gape at her. She closed her eyes and smiled sweetly, which made his heart race.

'What in Kami-sama…?'

His thoughts were cut off when very hesitantly, in a slightly afraid way, the bubblegum haired girl pressed her lips to his. He stood there, frozen by initial shock, but before he could respond, she very quickly pulled away, her smile faltering and her face flushed. What was HoroHoro going to say to that? He opened his mouth to speak, though clearly still dazed, when the happy voice interrupted them.

"You did not just do THAT? Oh my days…I mean…FINALLY!" He sweat dropped and stumbled back to see shy little Tamao's flushed face deepen in the red colour, no longer due to embarrassment, but to rage. Hao made a squeaking sound and rushed off, Tamao behind him. HoroHoro blinked. Had Tamao been around Anna for too long?

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Anna laughed slightly, but clasped her hand over her mouth upon realising she had let out a laugh, neither scornful nor sarcastic, but genuine. It was the fault of her baka fiancé and his personality affecting mellowness. In fact, it was everyone in the gang's fault she had mellowed out since coming, but mostly centred at Asakura Yoh. Who knew the 'ice queen' had become so susceptible to these changes in her demeanour and there was no excuse about mood swings as her period had recently ended.

She stiffened as everyone gawked at her. Tokageroh's jaw was on the ground and Amidamaru's was close in the same length. She scanned the room to find one person not gaping like seeing her laugh for a brief second meant she had a personality switch or something and that person of course was Yoh, who had made her more prone to laughing in the first place! She groaned under her breath and flicked a blonde lock out of the way, before walking over to her simple fiancé.

He was sitting down, staring at her and smiling, though his expression changed to a startled one as she quite slowly began to make her way towards him. He could tell by her movements she would not slap him or anything and was quite perplexed, but spoke nothing of it. When she paused in front of him, towering above him, she simply shrugged and took hold of his earphones, taking them from their place on his head. He did gawk as she settled the old orange head phones upon her head and blinked innocently. Normally, NO ONE touched his headphones, ah, but alas, the only one he allowed to wear them (if he had a choice in the matter) besides him was Anna, so when her lips curved up in a soft smile, he smiled back; the weary confusion being replaced by happiness.

There was a tense and unusual friction between Ren and Pirika however and that was not something valued among the others in the group. Everyone noted Manta and Jukio were spending a lot of time together and HoroHoro, having overheard their conversation, smirked smugly. Though he was very elated that Tamao had kissed him, though now she was blushing whenever he spoke to her, he was pondering over the eye colour changing habits of Jukio. That definitely levelled the supernatural heights of shamans and ghosts, right? Yet there had been no answers or attempted questions, so he decided to compress his inquisitive nature, or rather…just pointed it in a new direction. Wondering why Tamao had actually kissed him.

"Ne, Tamao-chan…"

"H…Hai! A…ano…ah…um…"

HoroHoro blinked…and then surely enough a sly grin spread across his face.

"Don't worry dear, no need to get jumpy."

"Ah…"

"Tamao, that lovely vivid blush matches your hair well."

"………."

"Oh no…now its gone too dark…ah yeah…anyway, enough of that, but what did you mean by 'yes?'" He asked, 'And what did it mean when you kissed me?' He added mentally.

Her flushed face, if possible to any extent, somehow managed to deepen red, but she smiled wistfully, interlocking eyes with HoroHoro.

"I said yes."

His eyes widened when he finally grasped the reason behind the yes. She had agreed to go with him, as his date, to the anniversary dance. Happiness exploded inside of him, one he had never had an experience with and Tamao felt inwardly happy as his face lit up.

'Ha ha ha! Take that imaginary girl I made up! HoroHoro would never be that happy with a slut like..! Did I just say slut? I'm being triumphant over an imaginary girl I made up? What on earth..?'

'You love HoroHoro!'

'I…I do!'

'Well, there is an approximate one hundred billion million to one you don't, so…'

'Who are you?'

'Conscience.'

'Ah…Uh.'

'Stop with the 'ah's' and 'uh's girl, they've been going on all day.'

'I'm still not sure about the whole love thing, though I might…'

'What are Horo's pros?'

'Um…he's smart in his own way. Very funny and cheers people up. He's strong and his puppy dog faces are adorable…oh my gosh, I sound like I'm Jeanne!'

'Well, Lyserg ain't your man…'

'………………….'

"Tamao, why are you blushing?"

'Oh c'mon, I mean, he does love you…'

'Why is the personality of my conscience the exact opposite of my own.'

'Ah, well everyone else's conscience is similar and I wanted to be different. Oh and yeah, you're still blushing…'

"Huh? What?" Tamao asked in a daze as the voice abruptly left her. She went rigid upon feeling someone gazing at her and with feverent blushing turned to see HoroHoro being the source. She involuntarily shuddered at his intent gaze on her, but not of fear. More pleasure and happiness. There was concern flickering in his eyes and she liked how it was reserved for her. She may have loved him, yet she may not, but if you tried to take that look in HoroHoro's eyes away, something inside her would break and she would feel…empty.

"Ah Tamao," HoroHoro began, both aware of his sudden boldness, "any particular reason why you kissed me?"

"Ah…" She choked out, her whole body probably turning red. She closed her eyes shut tightly, expecting some kind of disgusted look in HoroHoro's eyes. Though everyone said he had feelings for her, they had not been said from him yet and that was the only way she'd truly ever believe.

But then when she did look up, she saw him beaming at her, a content smile, warm and pleasant plastered on his face. Instinctively, her heart leapt with joy and black eyes met pink. And then, the uncertainty on her face was washed away by one simple motion of her lips…

A smile.

Tsuzuku

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Wow that was the most random thing I've ever read and I wrote it I only actually put a fight scene in because a friend of mine read it (a guy in the same school and class as me and if he reads this I think he knows who he is…White…) complained about there being no action in it. Ah yeah, very bad fight scene but it was still a fight scene so there! (Sticks tongue out at my friend) Now Ren's also gone all…yeah…and Jukio has changing eye colours. There is also still that thing a few chapters ago that had Tamao scared as well. The thing about Jukio will be explained probably next chapter.

We have some Ren/Pirika Manta/Jukio slight Ryoi/Anna (gasp! No worries, in her eyes he's just a friend) and some Yoh/Anna. Maybe some Lyserg/Jeanne Faust/Eliza because they haven't been involved much recently, especially poor Faust.

Anyways, bye and thanks if you reviewed!